They were once one of the film industry’s famous friendships after starring in the Ocean’s Eleven series together in the noughties and joining each other for numerous playful appearances on the red carpet.
But after Brad Pitt failed to show up to George Clooney‘s lavish Venetian wedding to Amal Alamuddin in 2014 – despite being relatively close by in Malta – rumours flew that the pair’s bromance was no more.
Academy Award-winner Pitt, now 60, had even been tipped to be his long-time co-star’s best man, making the no-show even more questionable.
It was also rumoured that Brad’s then-wife, actress Angelina Jolie, disliked Amal and felt that the human rights lawyer was her ‘rival’.
Although these reports were never confirmed, there certainly seemed to be a distance between the two women and the public-facing friendship between Brad and George has faded from view over the last 10 years.
This week however the duo thrilled fans by making a rare joint interview with GQ, reflecting on their famous friendship – with Brad even admitting George, 63, is still his go-to person to call when ‘things get bumpy’.
Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s famous bromance seems to be back on after drifting apart. Pictured in May 2004
Now that ‘Brangelina’ are famously in the midst of a bitter divorce, it appears that George and Brad have been able to reignite their friendship once more.
Brad even staged the GQ photoshoot with George at Château Miraval in Correns – the French winery at the centre of his three-year long legal battle with Angelina – perhaps in a subtle dig at his ex-wife.
Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 49, have been embroiled in a dispute over their co-ownership of the idyllic French winery, which they purchased while happily married in 2008, with the actor suing his ex-wife for selling her half to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler without his consent for $62 million in October 2021.
In their chat with GQ – which featured chummy photos of the two chatting in their pyjamas and relaxing in a swimming pool – George had nothing but great things to say about his long time pal Brad, who stars with him in new action comedy film Wolfs.
After making a joke about ‘restraining orders’, George told how the two ‘check in on each’ other every now and again, which is an ‘important’ part of friendship seeing how life can get ‘complicated at times’.
Gushing about his friend, who starred in their first movie together Ocean’s Eleven 24 years ago, Brad shared that George is the ‘best at understanding’, adding that he calls him on ‘numerous occasions’ when things get ‘bumpy’.
The stars have known each other since the 1990s, and Pitt said they have ‘been through so much life at this point and so many twists and curves and turns. I know he’s got my back. I got his back.’
The BFFs are believed to have met in 1991, when they both auditioned for the role of JD in Thelma & Louise.
Rumours that the Hollywood Titans were no longer pals started flying when Brad failed to attend George and Amal’s wedding in 2014, despite being tipped to be best man. George and Amal pictured in 2023
It was said that Brad’s then-wife Angelina was not a fan of Clooney’s wife Amal. Brad and Angelina pictured in 2015
It seemed like their friendship was off to a rocky start, because Pitt won the role despite Clooney auditioning for it five times.
The two starred in their first movie together 24 years ago in 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven, reuniting twice more in 2004’s Ocean’s Twelve and 2007’s Ocean’s Thirteen.
Their friendship bloomed both on and off set, frequently showing off their bond while on the red carpet to promote their films.
They had a lot in common too – both men have won People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ cover twice – Brad in 1995 and 2000; George in 1997 and 2006.
In 2002, Brad made a cameo in George’s directorial debut Confessions Of A Serial Killer, with the latter reportedly paying him $20million to get him onboard, proving how much he valued him both as an actor and as a friend.
In 2008 they starred in Burn After Reading together – but little did fans know at the time that this would be their last film together for 16 years.
They did however star in 8 – the 2012 play by Dustin Lance Black, that also featured Kevin Bacon and Jamie Lee Curtis.
The pair were so close that Brad was even tipped to be the best man at George’s wedding to stunning human rights lawyer Amal in 2014.
Angelina reportedly did not like Amal (pictured last year), with friends telling PageSix in 2018 that Angelina was ‘insanely jealous’ of her
US actress Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy, gives a statement in Goudebou, a camp that welcomes more than 11,000 Malian refugees in northern Burkina Faso, on International Refugee Day
The two (pictured left) starred in their first movie together 24 years ago in 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven
They are now starring in Wolfs together – which has reignited their friendship
Brad and George’s GQ interview featured a subtle dig at Jolie, as the photoshoot was held in the vineyard they’ve been warring over for three years. Pictured: Chateau Miraval